Emile Hirsch

Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television films and series, and became known as a film actor after roles in The Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, and Alpha Dog, among others.... More

 

Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television films and series, and became known as a film actor after roles in The Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, and Alpha Dog, among others. Hirsch is slated to appear in several upcoming films, including Into the Wild.

 

Hirsch was born in Topanga, California to David Hirsch, an industrial consultant, and Margaret Davenport, a pop-up book artist; his parents are now divorced and he lives with his father. He has an older sister, Jenny, who is also an actress. Hirsch attended Paul Revere Middle School and the Academy of Music at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles; he is good friends with actor Andrew Keegan.

 

Milestones

1996 Made television debut on the seris "Kindred: The Embraced"

1998 Cast as young Houdini in the made-for-television movie "Houdini"

2002 Co-starred in the drama feature "The Emperor's Club"

2002 Made feature debut in "The Dangerous Lives Of Alter Boys"

2004 Cast opposite Elisha Cuthbert in the comedy "The Girl Next Door"

2004 Starred as Duncan, a fourteen-year-old misfit farm boy trying to cope with his mother's death in "The Mudge Boy"

2004 Starred with Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels in the family drama "Imaginary Heroes"

2005 Portrayed Jay Adams in the Catherine Hardwicke directed "Lords of Dogtown" a fictionalized take on a group of skateboarders that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's

2007 Cast as the infamous drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood, who became one of the youngest men ever on the FBI's most wanted list in Nick Cassavetes' "Alpha Dog"

Will team with Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener in the Sean Penn directed "Into the Wild"